Editorial Policy

This page explains how NoomReviews decides what to publish, where the numbers on our size charts come from, how we use AI, and what we do when we get something wrong. If you want to check whether a page here is trustworthy, this is the standard to hold us to.

What we publish

NoomReviews covers youth sports and outdoor equipment and kids apparel and footwear. Size charts are the core of the site; buying guides and product comparisons support them. Dana Kirkwood builds and maintains the size charts and edits what is published here.

Where the numbers come from

• Brand charts first. Every chart starts from the brands’ own published sizing, not a summary on another site.
• Cross-checked. Each table is checked against a second independent source, and against the governing body rule where one exists (for example Little League and USA Baseball for bats, ASTM F1447 for bike helmets).
• Disagreements stay visible. When sources disagree, we publish the range and say so instead of picking the tidier number.
• Dated and sourced. Each chart shows the date it was last verified and the sources behind it.
• Gaps said plainly. Where reliable data does not exist, the page says so rather than filling the gap with a guess.

AI and how we work

We use AI tools, including Claude from Anthropic, to research topics, gather and compare published size data, and draft articles. Some illustrations on the site, including the featured images on some guides, are generated with an AI image model. Size tables are written as text tables, never placed inside images.

The AI model is not a source. Every number on a chart comes from the brand and governing-body sources listed on that page. Before a page is published it is checked against our written checklist for sources, numbers, links and wording, and the people who run NoomReviews decide what we cover and are responsible for everything published here.

We do not publish text describing a product trial or a personal experience that did not happen.

What we don’t do

• We are not a testing lab. We do not run destructive or performance testing on equipment, and we do not claim hands-on trials we haven’t done. Our work is sourcing, cross-checking and explaining published specifications.
• We are not a substitute for a professional fitting. For helmets, protective gear and anything safety-rated, a chart gets you close — an in-person fit check is what gets you right.
• Commissions don’t decide what a chart says. NoomReviews participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and other affiliate programs. If you buy through a link here we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. A size is a size.

Older articles

Some guides on this site were written before this process existed. We are working through them, and updating, merging or removing the ones that do not meet it.